Unauthorized Takeoff Leads to Fatal Plane Crash
A tragic plane crash on California’s Catalina Islands claimed the lives of five people, including the aircraft’s owner, 73-year-old flight instructor Ali Reza Safai. The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed shortly after an unauthorized takeoff from Catalina Airport near Avalon city around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Avalon Station was alerted to the crash by an SOS from one of the plane’s occupants. The …